After your horse’s treatment Jess will often recommend exercises and stretches you can do with your horse between treatments.
These techniques are prescribed to help your horse to keep benefiting from the treatment they have received and keep making progress to improve their flexibility, suppleness, strength and tone.
Please only attempt the exercises prescribed by Jess for your particular horse.
Some of these techniques may not be suitable for all horses.
If unsure, or if you can’t find a video demonstrating the exercise you have been prescribed please contact Jess to ask her advice.
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Ear Rotations & Ear Stretch
A short video to demonstrate how to perform Ear Rotations and an Ear Stretch with your horse
Backing Up
Building your horse's core stability and strength with simple groundwork exercises
Baited Core Stretches
Building your horse's core stability and strength with simple groundwork exercises
Tail Pull
How to perform the Tail Pull exercise with your horse Benefits of this exercise include: * Produces a feeling of deep relaxation in your horse * Helps stretc...
Forelimb Retraction Stretch
How to perform the Foreleg Retraction Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Increase of stride length * Development of proprioception (awareness of whe...
Knee Mobilisation
How to perform the Knee Mobilisation with your horse Benefits include: * Creates Movement and Stimulates Joint Fluid Production * Stretches the Carpal Extens...
Fan of Poles
Today's challenge......How to set up and perform the Fan of Poles exercise with your horse 🐎 This exercise is fantastic for: ▪️Engaging core stability ▪️Exte...
Neck Mobilisation
The Neck Mobilisation Exercise Tips and benefits: ▪️Gently apply pressure over the neck vertebrae using the palms of your hands alternately ▪️Keep the moveme...
Hind Leg Mobilisation
Hind Leg Mobilisation Tips and benefits: * Encourage your horse to relax their foot into your hand * Lift and lower the hind leg allowing each joint to open ...
Hind Quarter Reflex
Hind Quarter Reflex Tips and benefits: * This is an 'active' stretch (the horse has to take part) * This stretch is often called a 'horse sit up' * Apply pre...
Hamstring Stretch
A short video demonstrating how to perform the Hamstring Stretch with your horse *please only perform this stretch with your horse if prescribed by your equi...
Baited (Carrot) Stretches
A short video to demonstrate how to perform the Baited Stretches (sometimes called carrot stretches) with your horse
Hind Leg Protraction Stretch
How to perform the Hind Leg Protraction Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Stretches the Hamstring muscle group * Increases stride length * Increase...
Walking Over Raised Poles
Building your horse's core stability and strength with simple groundwork exercises
Spinning
Building your horse's core stability and strength with simple groundwork exercises
Forelimb Protraction Stretch
How to perform the Foreleg Protraction Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Increase of stride length * Development of proprioception (awareness of wh...
Elbow Stretch
How to perform the Elbow Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Increases range of movement through the elbow and forelimb * Stretches the Triceps * Str...
Fetlock Mobilisation
How to perform the Fetlock Mobilisation with your horse Benefits include: * Creates Movement in the mid range motion of fetlock joint * Encourages the stimul...
Tail Push Mobilisation
Tips and benefits: ▪️Keep the movement quite small ▪️Aim to get into a rhythm with your horse ▪️Stimulates the deep core muscles ▪️Mobilises the joints of th...
Poll Mobilisation
Poll Mobilisation Tips and benefits: * Encourage your horse to lower their head and relax * Keep the movement quite small * Small relaxed movements are more ...
Hip Mobilisation
Hip Mobilisation Tips and benefits: * Encourage your horse to relax their leg into your hand * Make circular motions with the entire leg, around 10 in each d...
Pre-exercise Routine
In this video I demonstrate a pre exercise warm up and muscle activation routine for your horseBefore trying these exercises: * Always perform the exercises ...
Foreleg Rotations
A short how to video demonstrating how to perform the Shoulder Rotation exercise with your horse * please only apply this technique to your horse if prescribed by your equine therapist*
Hind Leg Retraction Stretch
How to perform the Hind Leg Retraction Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Stretches the muscles at the front of the hind limb * Extends the hock and...
Walking Obliquely Over Poles
Building your horse's core stability and strength with simple groundwork exercises
Tail Mobilisations
How to perform the Tail Mobilisation exercise with your horse Benefits of this exercise include: * Stimulates the semi-tendinous muscles (part of the hamstri...
Forelimb Lateral Stretches
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Hindleg Lateral Stretch
How to perform the Hind Leg Lateral Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Stretches the Adductors of the hind limb (inside the hind leg) * Stretches th...
Hind Leg Medial Stretch
How to perform the Hind Leg Medial Stretch with your horse Benefits include: * Stretches the Abductors of the hind limb (outside of the hind leg) * Stretches...
Wither Rock
Tips and benefits: * Keep the movement quite small * Aim to get into a rhythm with your horse * This exercise will help keep the forehand of your horse loose...
Sternum Lift
Thoracic Sling Stretch Tips and benefits: * Gently pull down on the elbow and release * The point of shoulder should come down a forward * Repeat up to 5 tim...
Thoracic Sling Stretch
Thoracic Sling Stretch Tips and benefits: * Gently pull down on the elbow and release * The point of shoulder should come down a forward * Repeat up to 5 tim...
Post-exercise Routine
In this video I demonstrate a short post exercise routine to help mobilise and gently stretch your horse.Before trying these exercises: * Please only perform...